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  2. Tone your calves with these 20 simple exercises - AOL

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    Squeeze the calf muscle of the standing leg, lifting your heel until you are on your toes. Hold at the top, maintaining good upright posture, and then lower your heel back to the floor with ...

  3. You Can Strengthen Your Calves Without Even Standing Up - AOL

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    If the goal is to strengthen your calf muscles, include soleus pushups as part of your lower body training two to three times per week, along with other calf targeting exercises, says Vasquez ...

  4. The best exercises to tone your legs – no weights required

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    Lift your left leg straight back while you contract the glute, raising it to about a 45-degree angle from the standing leg. Slowly lower the leg back down and perform 10 reps on this side.

  5. Calf raises - Wikipedia

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    It can also be executed by using a weight, such as a barbell, to provide resistance to the action of the calf muscles. The exercise is performed from a seated position while the weight rests on the upper leg, just above the knee. The person engaged in this exercise lifts the weight by pushing down on the balls of the feet. [1]

  6. Squat (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.

  7. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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    A chin-up (palms facing backwards) places more emphasis on the biceps and a wide grip pullup places more emphasis on the lats. As beginners of this exercise are often unable to lift their own bodyweight, a chin-up machine can be used with counterweights to assist them in the lift. Equipment: chin-up bar or chin-up machine.

  8. Build Massive Calf Muscles With These Exercises - AOL

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    Must-Do Exercises for Your Calf Muscles Standing Calf Raise. ... Single-Leg Calf Raise on Leg Press. ... Think of doing 20-second dashes up the hill, then walking or jogging back down to start ...

  9. Leg raise - Wikipedia

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    The leg raise is a strength training exercise which targets the iliopsoas (the anterior hip flexors).Because the abdominal muscles are used isometrically to stabilize the body during the motion, leg raises are also often used to strengthen the rectus abdominis muscle and the internal and external oblique muscles.

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